Re: [Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question

2016-02-22 Thread tom armour
Where do I find the Elecraft Reflector? It seems to have been lost in the dust. > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > From: n...@contesting.com > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 08:50:15 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question > > Can this thread please go back to CQ-Contest where

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mic LED Orange

2015-08-27 Thread tom armour
Maybe you put the K3 in split mode? Tom wa4ta To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net From: vetteresto...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:08:39 -0700 Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Mic LED Orange Hello All: I just installed the DVR in my K3 and now the LED above the mic control is orange and

Re: [Elecraft] K3 13.8 VDC power

2014-12-22 Thread tom armour
I use one of these power supplies with a battery backup module installed (Model: SEC-1223BBM). I have a deep cycle battery attached to it.http://www.samlexamerica.com/products/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=516The hot-switches to battery is very nice when power fails. Also if you happen to draw more

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 tuning in combination with K3

2014-11-14 Thread tom armour
Yes that or hit the ATU TUNE button on the K3 to tune the KAT500. Tom wa4ta Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:07:19 +0100 From: p...@xs4all.nl To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 tuning in combination with K3 Dick, Now that you are 'on the air'... Pressing the tune button

Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-16 Thread tom armour
Also how did you fix it? Tom - wa4ta Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:59:20 -0700 To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting From: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions. They were all via email - you notice there

Re: [Elecraft] Update on a Question About the P3 SVGA and Mac Computers

2014-07-10 Thread tom armour
Why not just look at the P3 display? Don't you need that to have the P3 SVGA? I don't have a P3. What about using a Softrock Lite IF to a USB sound card on the Macbook Air? The Softrock Lite is about $22 but you have to build it. You could also get a LP-Pan2, but you already have the P3 so

Re: [Elecraft] Learning Morse Code [OT]

2014-05-28 Thread tom armour
Here are some of my resources I used for learning starting in January of 2014. A lot of it was already mentioned. First note: Spend 25% of your time practicing sending code. It helps you associate sound sequences with characters. Code oscillators are good for this. You can also use your

Re: [Elecraft] TIP, RING,RING, Sleeve plug

2014-05-05 Thread tom armour
You probably want this adapter:http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12970495 But it is hard to tell without knowing what type of new computer you got. Tom - wa4ta From: w...@i29.net Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 13:14:52 -0500 To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] TIP,

Re: [Elecraft] Another K3-SignaLink question

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Armour
Thanks for asking and answering this question. This was on my list of things to figure out. Tom - wa4ta On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Joe Harris joseph.a.har...@gmail.comwrote: Ed, See page 20 of the K3 manual, in the Line Out setting. You can set the Line Out level in Config, or it

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Be Advised ... New Microsoft Outlook EmailSpam-Filter False-Positives Bug!

2014-03-24 Thread Tom Armour
I am in the same boat. I added my gmail account since my wa4ta at hotmail account is not receiving mail from QTH.net I opened a ticket with Microsoft over a week ago. I have received a few messages from the list since then but not many. Tom On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:48 AM, ejk...@gmail.com

Re: [Elecraft] Button of no return

2014-03-13 Thread tom armour
I am surprised no-one mentioned this. You can buy retention clips if you have issues with disconnects: Anderson part # 110G68 They cost about 50 cents. Can we drop this subject now? it has been re-hashed many times. 73 - Tom - wa4ta Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:05:49 -0300 From:

Re: [Elecraft] Noise, RFI ?

2014-02-19 Thread tom armour
I get this type of noise when my wife uses a laminator. I also get a lot of sporadic noise in the morning around the time people get up which I assume are hair driers and curling irons. It really could be anything, but probably something one of your neighbors has. Good luck finding it, if

Re: [Elecraft] K3 to KAT500

2014-02-16 Thread tom armour
: [Elecraft] K3 to KAT500 On 1/24/2014 3:52 PM, tom armour wrote: If I buy a K3/100 without auto tuner and a KAT500 is there any additional cable I need (other than coax) to connect the two together? Some folks feel the need for an AUX cable to tell the KAT500 what band it is on. I don't

Re: [Elecraft] Tuner Loss question

2014-02-11 Thread tom armour
Why do you need to know the loss of the tuner? Put a power meter after the tuner and see what your rig is putting out. Is this the type of chart you are looking for?http://www.packetradio.com/pdfzips/SWRvsPowerNwatts.pdf It is not really the tuner that is causing the loss. It is more the

[Elecraft] K3 to KAT500

2014-01-24 Thread tom armour
If I buy a K3/100 without auto tuner and a KAT500 is there any additional cable I need (other than coax) to connect the two together? or does KAT500 come with all cable beeded to connect it to the K3? I see a cable for KAT500 to KPA500 but not to the K3. Is there anything I'll be missing with

Re: [Elecraft] K3 to KAT500

2014-01-24 Thread tom armour
@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期︰ 2014年01月25日 (週六) 8:04 AM 主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] K3 to KAT500 On 1/24/2014 3:52 PM, tom armour wrote: If I buy a K3/100 without auto tuner and a KAT500 is there any additional cable I need (other than coax) to connect the two together? Some folks feel the need

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Current Drain When Off

2013-10-16 Thread tom armour
Get the one from Hobbyking for $24 instead of from Power Werx. It is the exact same Turnigy 130A meter without the power poles.http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=10080You can buy a lot of power poles for $40. 73, Tom - wa4ta Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:42:34 -0700

Re: [Elecraft] Random wires

2013-10-02 Thread tom armour
This comment made me do a search on Kraus. I found one of his books online for free in the open source archive.org site (this is the streaming link, they also have it in PDF):http://archive.org/stream/Antennas2ndbyjohnD.Kraus1988/Kraus-Antennas-2nd.Edition-1988#page/n0/mode/2up I though others